Cirrothauma
Cirrothauma murrayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Cirroteuthidae
Genus: Cirrothauma
Chun, 1911[1]
Type species
Cirrothauma murrayi
Chun, 1911

Cirrothauma is a genus of deep water octopuses from the cirrate family Cirroteuthidae. The species Cirrothauma are fragile, gelatinous deep-sea octopods with a shell, a moderate saddle, and triangular wings. Their eyes either have lenses, as seen in the species Cirrothauma murrayi or they have reduced eyes without lenses, shown in the other extant species Cirrothauma magna. Both species were placed in Cirrothauma due to the fact that they possess similar shells.[2] These octopuses have been reported to live in all the world's oceans, except for the Southern Ocean.[3]

Species

There are two currently recognised species within the genus Cirrothauma[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Cirrothauma Chun, 1911". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ Richard E. Young; Michael Vecchione (2012). "Cirrothauma Chun 1911". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ Patrizia Jereb; Clyde F.E. Roper; Mark D. Norman; Julian K. Finn, eds. (2016). Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. p. 250. ISBN 9789251079898.
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